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| Howard_Casto:
It depends upon the usage of the word. route 66 is "root 66" Which route are your going to take? is "rought" (like drought) Router is taken from the second phrase. I believe it's latin and is indeed pronounced "roughter". Only foreign people and canadians pronounce it "rooter", because a rooter is another tool used to clean the crap out of sewage pipes. ;) So to finish up..... rooter= specialized plumbing snake router= tool to carve paths, or "routes" in wood any american who pronounces router as "rooter"= misguided person in need of speech therapy |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 02, 2004, 09:18:54 am ---Router is taken from the second phrase. I believe it's latin and is indeed pronounced "roughter". --- End quote --- ruffter ??? Sorry, just picking on Howard C. I've always heard it row(rhymes with cow)-ter. |
| Minwah:
--- Quote from: Sasquatch! on February 01, 2004, 09:29:09 pm ---The British that I know pronouce it "rooter". (This is when talking about the networking kind, but I would imagine this probably applies to the woodworking kind too.) --- End quote --- Yes and no. The Queen says Rooter for networks, Row-ter for woodwork :) |
| mr.Curmudgeon:
And if you are ever in the New England area (US) then it's pronounced, "Ra-tah". (long a's as in "ah!") ;D So in a sentence it would be, "I pahked my cah right outside the ra-tah stah, now I'm off to the stah mahket for some chowda!" |
| Brax:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 02, 2004, 09:18:54 am ---Only foreign people and canadians pronounce it "rooter", because a rooter is another tool used to clean the crap out of sewage pipes. ;) any american who pronounces router as "rooter"= misguided person in need of speech therapy --- End quote --- Canadians in general do NOT say "rooter". I agree with Americans needing speech therapy though. Just ask the average American to say Baton Rouge or Notre Dame..... |
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